Howdy Everyone!
Income Calculators are fun, aren’t they? Unrealistic, but fun. They are meant to motivate and give an “ideal” example of whats possible if everyone you referred did exactly what they were supposed to do. Of course we can’t control what our referrals intentions are, and it’s probably illegal to drive to their house and smack ‘em with a beer bottle and scream, “YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, THIS IS A GREAT INCOME OPPORTUNITY!!” Oh well, we can’t honestly expect everyone to share in our excitement.
Let’s use one of my favorite programs, ClixSense as an example. According to the “Earnings Estimator” ( kinda like an Income Calculator ), we could potentially earn over $4000 per five referrals we introduce. Sounds easy enough. Pick up just five referrals, three of them upgrade to premium and bring in another five referrals each. The scenario would then play out for five levels. Once again, sounds pretty simple.
Now, lets look at what I’ve done so far. I picked up over two hundred referrals in my first two weeks for ClixSense. Actually, to date, I’ve brought in almost Four Hundred referrals, but lets just use the first two hundred ( gotta be realistic, ya know =P ). Now according to the “earnings estimator” I only need three out of five to upgrade and bring in another five, etc etc… Not a problem, right. ClixSense is an awesome program and surely at least One Hundred Twenty out of Two Hundred would take advantage of the $10 a year upgrade.
So that means I should be getting close to earning.. 5 div. by 200 = 40 carry the 12 + 16 – the square root of g kjlkjldkj . $168,840.00!!!
err, well,.. not quite, and not yet. I’m currently just above $200.
Now out of almost four hundred referrals ( oops, sorry I said I’d only use 200 in this example ), I’m now down to 141 actives, not counting my 2nd and 3rd level refs. So what’s the problem? I’ve obviously gone above and beyond in my efforts to secure those mega paychecks. ClixSense asks, “Can you bring in five referrals a month?”. Well, yeah of course. The problem is, we can’t control what those five referrals do.
So here’s the deal. Sorry if I’m repeating myself here. It really doesn’t matter what program your involved in. ClixSense, GDI, Survey Savvy, or whomever. “Income Calculators” and “Earnings Estimators” are there to give you an example of what you could “potentially” earn. They do not reflect a programs integrity.
Now about ClixSense. Seriously guys, take advantage of the $10 per year premium upgrade. Trust me on this one. Your going to get a crap load more ads to click on everyday ( US members will see more ), plus you’ll earn commissions on your referrals purchases and upgrades. Of course you might not see $168,840.00 anytime soon, but you never know. You just might pick up five referrals like me ( hi, I’m Phil ).
That’s all for today. Thank you for reading and thanks for all the awesome comments, emails and messages. Don’t forget to add your email to my mailing list. I promise not to spam you, and you’ll only get updates when I write something new.
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Phil ( philsfault ) Ames
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